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In 1974, the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass., combined with the Divinity
School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia (PDS) to form the Episcopal
Divinity School, located in Cambridge, Mass. The collection contains letters, circa 1820-1960, of Episcopal bishops from North
Carolina. Many were written to Edith Fuller, librarian of the Episcopal Theological
School, in response to her request for autographed letters. Others were addressed
to Bishop William Lawrence of Cambridge, Mass. There are also two 1924 letters and
one 1925 letter by Henry Beard Delaney (sometimes spelled Delany) of Raleigh, N.C.,
the first African American Episcopal bishop and father of Sadie and Bessie Delany,
authors of
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. The letters were written to his son, Hubert Delany, in New York; the 1925 letter
describes a train trip taken by Henry Beard Delaney through the North Carolina mountains.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Episcopal Theological School Collection of Episcopal
Bishops of North Carolina Letters #5202-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson
Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum of Watchung, N.J., in February 2005 (Acc. 100036).

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In 1974, the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass., combined with the Divinity
School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia (PDS) to form the Episcopal
Divinity School, located in Cambridge, Mass.

The collection contains letters, circa 1820-1960, of Episcopal bishops from North
Carolina. Many were written to Edith Fuller, librarian of the Episcopal Theological
School, in response to her request for autographed letters. Others were addressed
to Bishop William Lawrence of Cambridge, Mass. There are also two 1924 letters and
one 1925 letter by Henry Beard Delaney (sometimes spelled Delany) of Raleigh, N.C.,
the first African American Episcopal bishop and father of Sadie and Bessie Delany,
authors of
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. The letters were written to his son, Hubert Delany, in New York; the 1925 letter
describes a train trip taken by Henry Beard Delaney through the North Carolina mountains.